The Supreme Court explained the importance of the right of the accused to offer an explanation under Section 313 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC). Tuesday, the three-Judges bench of Justices NV Ramana, S Abdul Nazeer, and Surya Kant, in the matter of Parminder Kaur Vs State of Punjab, said ii valuable right of accused person to defend…
The division bench of Guwahati High Court while allowed the decree of divorce said refusal of wearing sindoor suffice refusal to continue conjugal life. The Bench added that, preventing husband from his legal duty to maintain aged parents is offence and may lead to punishment. In the case, where respondent wife alleged that her husband and other family members…
Arnesh Kumar case, a milestone due to various observations and guidelines issued by the Supreme Court over misuse of IPC Section 498A and arrest. Importantly it focused on the process and the justification for arrest and the need to stop automatic arrest. The bench in the matter observed the ‘IPC Section 498A as weapon rather than the shield.’ “The…
In the matter of Satvir Singh And Ors vs State Of Punjab And Anr, Supreme Court (SC) defines occasions related to Dowry. Bench at SC defines three occasions of dowry, Before, after and Time of Marriage “there are three occasions related to dowry. One is before the marriage, second is at the time of marriage and the third is…
In the matter of Ran Singh And Anr vs State Of Haryana And Anr, Supreme Court (SC) declares exchange of Presents at the time of marriage is not Dowry. “it is hereby declared that any presents made at the time of a marriage to either party to the marriage in the form of cash, ornaments, clothes or other articles,…
We strongly need reforms in Judiciary as well as in the process of investigation. The husband and keens treated badly by the investigation agencies, even the agencies playing with the process of law. The other perspective cannot be denied that, the person who is doing investigation has to report in court, has to visit crime scene, patrolling, arresting and…
